Christmas Tree Fireplace Mantel Candle Votive

This simple Christmas Tree Candle Votive is the perfect way to dress up the fireplace mantel for Christmas this year. The Christmas tree candle votive is long and thin. You ca match the length of the Christmas tree candle votive to fit your fireplace mantel exactly for a custom look!

To Make a Custom Christmas Tree Candle Votive for Your Fireplace You Will Need:

1 2X4

Power drill

Metal sheeting

Faux rust paint

In snips

Foil pans

Scissors

Nail gun or staple gun

Paint

Glass tea candle votives

Tea candles

Go ahead and measure how wide your fire place mantel is. Now, have a 2X4 cut to this length. You can also se a 2X6 for a little more stability.

Now, all along the 2X4 you need to drill holes in one side. One of the wider sides. This will now be referred to as the top.

Now, use a drill bit that is as wide as the base of your glass tea candle votives. You want these to be able to rest inside the holes you drill. Each should be about an inch deep as well.

You can place one ever two to three inches along the board.

Now, paint the entire board out in your faux rust paint treatment kit. You can do any color, but this a faux rust paint kit looks great and is easy to do!

Now, on to the small Christmas trees. Take some of those disposable foil baking sheets from the grocery store. Start cutting Christmas trees out of them. They should be about four to five inches wide and about six inches tall.

You can also cut out a few this size, ten cut out the other half a smaller size.

Now, sand the edges if they are rough with some sand paper.

Use that faux rust paint treatment to paint out each Christa tree for the candle votive as well. You want to paint the front as well as the back.

Now, use an epoxy glue or hot glue to attach each Christmas tree to the front of the 2X4. You can also use a staple gun, and then paint the staples to hide them.

Space the Christmas trees on the candle votive as you wish. I like to leave about ½ to one inch in between each tree.

Now, slip the candle votives in the holes you drilled, slip in the tea candles and you are finished!

The light coming in behind the rusty Christmas tree is vintage, warm, and shabby chic all at once!